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please explain how Kreider is NHL ready?? Sure Tortorella said he’d like to have him but he probably assumed he was dominating at the NCAA level when reports told him about his production in the beanpot and in the WJC

Out of all Rangers NCAA and Canadian University prospects, Kreider has the fewest amount of points and fewest PPG. He is 7th on his team in scoring (6th in PPG). You dont see collegiate players jump to NHL right away from the NCAA and making an impact unless they were top scorers.

Stepan, Toews, Kessel, those guys had over twice as many points as Kreider has now in the season before they turned pro. He needs to go back to BC and score some goals there before he comes out…

20th consecutive game for Lundqvist. That doesn’t seem like a positive for the Rangers. Seems to happen every year for one reason or another. I hope they clinch a playoff spot soon so he can get a little rest…

Stuck with the NESN feed here in the Ocean State. The Bruins announcers are the most shamelessly dishonest homers I’ve ever heard. They were still bellyachin’ about a marginal missed offside call when the Rangers scored off an offensive zone faceoff a century later! Pathetic.

The Bruins look like they’re still hungover from Thursday night’s post-Habs hooley. A couple aspirin and some cold pizza might help. LGR.

These guys complain without even knowing the rules! The NHL rules explicitly state, “However, a player is permitted accidental contact on an opponent if the act is committed as a normal windup or follow through of a shooting motion.”

The first game I ever went to was in 1979 against the Russian national team at MSG. The Rangers lost 5-2, and there was a long “Greschner sucks” chant. I started chanting it too, and my father belted me. Lol

Original 6….Funny story…Me and Mama were out at an Indian restaurant, she was wearing an Original 6 white sweater. She leaned over to try some of the stuff I was eating. Got the stuff all over her sweater. I couldnt stop laughing, and said I wanted to smear the food on the back of her sweater over one of the team logos. She of course knew I was angling at the logo of today’s opponent.

For whomever was bitching and moaning about dubinsky falling down, somebody named Nicholas i believe? That was Dubinsky falling with somebody shadowing him and drawing a penalty. Gj being a Dubi hater.

All this minor league crap to entertain the crowd is embarassing….probably the genius of Bettman. You should see BS that goes on down here with the Panthers. Fans are oblivious…they even have to let them know their team is on a power play. And you should see the awesome choreography from the Ice Dancers. But I guess this is like a minor league town anyway

I liking making the joke that underage girls should have “underage” or their age stamped on their foreheads. So tough to tell nowadays who’s over 17 or 18, it’s best to stay completely away if you have any doubts.

Krisy: If you like italian food, Tony di Napoli is probably the best one ive ever been to. It’s on 43rd street right up 7th about 10 blocks from MSG (a brisk 10-15 minute walk) and take a right at 43rd. Plates are about 20-25 dollars a plate but its family style so one would probably be plenty for just 2 of you unless you are starving. I suggest calling for a reservation because the wait can get a bit crazy sometime

I would’ve preferred not having to watch the siege in the last five minutes, but I’ll take that level of commitment and intensity from the team every time, even if they’re scoring goals at a rate Lemaire would call “a touch low”. And I thought the top-4 D and Lundqvist were outstanding.

I find Jack Edwards to be more of a caricature than offensively unprofessional like the FSN Pittsburgh chimps, but he made a slightly sneering comment about the Rangers not being pretty to watch, as if Claude Julien teams are the 80s Oilers reincarnated, which was a bit odd.